Quarles said Lovie “always talked about loafs” when he was the Bucs’ linebackers coach under Tony Dungy. Poor effort was not tolerated in practice, said Quarles, who recalled a time when Lovie transitioned into grading his linebackers in practice the same way he did a game, including, tackling “to the ground.”

And then there was the catch phrase:

“One of the things that he talked about all the time was the four Ps: preparation prevents a poor performance,” Quarles said. “And so, in saying that, he allowed me and motivated me to do the best I could when I was studying so that way I would be ready to go on the field.”

Joe likes the four Ps. Greg Schiano surely was a preparation freak, but working hard and working smart are two different things.

Under Lovie, Joe suspects the Bucs won’t wilt like a dead flower and get pummeled in the second halves of games.

Does nobody see the irony of how people are gushing over lovie when he says thing like strong defense and a good running game is the formula to win but when the previous coach said the same thing he was a stupid college coach?!?

Put it this way. Every team should have a strong defense and good running game if they expect to win every coach is entitled to say it. Schiano said it but didn’t consistently produce a winner.

I’m warming up to Lovie very slowly. All he can do right. Is is say the right things to give hope and assemble his staff. Even if we got Billichek, Gruden, Cowher, Shannahan, or Peyton Friggin Manning to come in as coach, that’s all they could do right now.

At this point all Smith has to do is make the neccessary adjustments during the game. His new coaching staff has some veteran NFL coaches with HC experience so they know how to game-plan and adjust.

As long as the 2014 Bucs play like an organized group of professionals we are in for improved football. I do think that his experience would have helped win a few more games this year. Greg Shiano’s staff never changed up their game plans based on the opponents strengths.

Offensively it was too vanilla. There were too many times that Glennon had to hold on to the ball because the plays were long developing routes. Any coaching staff that has Glennon will have to develop more plays that get the ball out of his hands quicker. More screens to Martin and James will be neccessary. A pass catching tight end with size is urgently needed. Tim Wright was very good, he just isn’t a 6′ 5″ 250 lb guy that can physically push his way to the ball. These big tight ends are a big part of the success of the top QBs.

Schiano was allergic to adjustments. The answer to the defense and offense problems were too obvious. Yet, nothing was done to fix it permanently.

(Stunts, running the ball on 1st-3rd & 20, Revis not covering the best wr, 3 man down sets, no audible to fit what the defense is doing, refusing to run hurry up when it’s working better than regular speed, penalty penalty penalty, embracing penalty instead of punishing player by benching or yelling at them, getting our head beat in during the second half all year, and etc.)